Lambsquarters, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Lambsquarters, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowhead, cooked for less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Lambsquarters, cooked for more protein, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.76 g10 gWIN
- Carbohydrate20.69 g15.63 g
- Fibermore is better—6.56 g
- Total sugarsless is better—1.94 g
- Total fat0.13 g2.19 g
- Saturated fatless is better—0.16 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN325.64 mg828.13 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN1129.49 mg900 mg
- Calciummore is better8.97 mg806.25 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.55 mg2.19 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better62.82 mg71.88 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.38 mg115.63 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

